Machine-oiler



WITNESSES J. M. BUKACEK.

MACHINE OILER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14,1919.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

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\ JOSEPH M. BUKACEK, OF CLARKSON, NEBRASKA.

MACHINE-01131313.

.Applicationfiled July 14, 1919. Serial No. 310,809.

To all whom z't mag concern."

Be it known that LJosnrirM. BUKACEK, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Clarkson, in the county of Colfax and State of Nebraska,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machine- Oilers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in machine oilers, and has for its objectto provide an oiler adapted for use with machinery of any character,which may be made to positively deliver oil when desired, whatever theposition of the oiler.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical section of the improved oiler;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View of the plunger;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of F i 2.

Tn the present embodiment of the invention, the improved oiler comprisesa casing consisting of a body 1 and a bottom 2 which is threaded intoengagement with the body and is removable, when desired, for anypurpose. This body has a filling nipple 3 at its top and at one side,which is normally closed by a plug 4. I

The top has a central opening, and within this opening is arranged abushing 5. A pipe 6 is threaded into the bushing at the upper end or thepipe, and the said pipe extends to near the lower end of the casing,that is, to near the bottom 2. A second bushing 7 is threaded on to thebushing 5 outside of the can body and the two bushings 5 and 7 serve tohold the pipe 6 in proper position with respect to the body.

The bushing 7 is also a cage for a check valve 8, a ball valve in thepresent instance, which cooperates with the upper end of the bushing 5as a seat. A suitable spout 9 has threaded engagement with the bushing7, and this spout serves to prevent dislodgment of the ball check, whileat the same time permitting access to the check by the removal of thespout.

A plunger is mounted to slide on the pipe, the said plunger consistingof upper and lower disks 10 and 11 which are secured together and haveclamped between them a leather packing disk 12. This plunger is mountedto slide on the pipe 6, and it is normally pressed upward by a spring 13ar- Specification of Letters Patent.

ranged between the plunger and the bottom of the body of the oiler.

A sleeve 14 is mounted to slide on the pipe 6 and this sleeve has at itslower end an annular flange or washer 15, which bears against theplunger. At its upper end, when the plunger is in its uppermostposition, the sleeve bears against the lower end of the bushing 5, andthe sleeve has an an nular radial flange l6 spaced apart from its upperend. This flange is engaged by a pin 17 which is mounted to slidethrough a bushing 18in the top of the can,body, and it is evident thatwhen the pin is pushed downward the sleeve will he moved downwardly,carrying with it the plunger.

A bracket 19 is secured to the outer face of the oiler bodylongitudinally thereof, the said bracket extending above the body, asshown, and an elbow lever 20 is pivoted to the upper end of the bracket.One arm of this lever is in position to engage the upper end of the pinand the other arm extends downwardly between the bracket 19 and a handle21 which is pivoted at its lower end to the bracket and at its upper endto the lever 20. The arrangement is such that when the handle 21 ispressed toward the can the pin 17 will be moved downwardly, moving thesleeve 6 downward, and with it the plunger, thus positively forcing outoil through the spout. The pin may also be operated by manipu-' latingthe lever 20 directly. I

Referring to Figs. 2 and 3, it will be seen that the disks 10 and 11have registering openings 22 and 23, respectively, the open ing 23 beingof considerably larger diameter than the opening 22. The packing disk 12has a valve 24 formed by slitting the same, and this valve normallyrests in the full line position of Fig. 3. When, however, the plungermoves upward against the resistance of the oil in the plunger the valve24 may swing downwardly, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, topermit the oil to flow below the plunger.

I claim:

1. An oiler comprising a container having a spout, a pipe extending fromnear the bottom of the container and delivering to the spout, a checkvalve between the pipe and the spout, a plunger, a sleeve mounted toslide on the pipe and engaging at its lower end the plunger, a springnormally pressing the plunger upwardly, and means outside the containerfor forcing the plunger downwardly against the resistance of the saidspring, said plunger having a check controlled by-pass, the means formoving the sleeve comprising a handle having a portion movable towardand from the container, a pin mounted to slide in the container andengaging the sleeve at its inner end, an elbow lever pivoted to thecontainer and having one arm in position to engage the pin, the movableportion of the handle being connected to the lever to force the pindownward when the movable portion is moved inward.

2. An oiler comprising a container having a spout, a pipe extending fromnear the bottom of the container and delivering to the spout, a checkvalve between the pipe and the spout, a plunger, a sleeve mounted toslide on the pipe and engaging at its lower end the plunger, a springnormally pressing the plunger upwardly, and means outside the containerfor forcing the plunger downward against the resistance of the spring,said plunger having a check controlled b'y-pass.

3. An oiler comprising a container having a spout, a pipe extending fromnear the bottom of the container and delivering to the spout, a checkvalve between the pipe and the spout, a plunger, a sleeve mounted toslide on the pipe and engaging at its lower end the plunger, a springnormally pressing the plunger upwardly, and means outside the containerfor forcingtheplunger downward against the resistance of the spring.

4. An oil can having a spout and a pipe delivering to the spout andextending to near the lower end of the can, a plunger movable on thepipe, a spring normally pressing the plunger upward, and means operablefrom the outside of the can for forcing the plunger downward, saidplunger having a by-pass, and a check valve between the pipe and thespout.

JOSEPH M. BUKACEK.

